Etymology

forwake

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Today it means: To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching. Full definition →

Middle English forwaken
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromforwaken
  2. English todayforwake

From Middle English forwaken, forwakien, equivalent to for- + wake.

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